This design for a banquette and chair appeared in the 1808 Ackermann’s The upholsterer’s and cabinetmakers Repository.
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Regency Household: Banquette
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Fancy word for bench.
Generally, banquette also implies an upholstered bench or a sofa having a roll-over arm. Today its more commonly used to imply a built in upholstered bench that sits against the wall, like in a booth.
Oh dear. I had no idea that a banquette may also mean a bench. It make sense though – bank originally also meant something like bench. And it’s so obviously a diminutive – only I never thought of it that way.